Aircon Pump. Damn, bad luck comes in 3, here's my second in 2 days...

[Kev]

More bad luck !

Yesterday the wife rear ended a Yaris and caused some bodywork damage needing a new wing/bonnet/light etc. I test drove the car, everything was as it should be, no rubbing anywhere, all superficial. or so we thought...

Out of the blue today, when starting the car the power steering went and battery light came on

Bit of troubleshooting and I found that when the A/C is on the belt is slipping, hardly moving, but moving. When A/C is on there's also a slight squeel from lower left area of the engine bay. A/c off and the fan turns, and battery light off (so alternator is ok).

What's your opinion guys? Could the shunt have moved something that just needs to be re-tightened, or by coincidence a seized a/c pump. Or neither?

I'm going to try this... http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-pictures.html

The car is a 2004, 3.0D with around 80k on the clock. Was perfect till the collision and had BMW Inspection II just recently. Aircon was icy cold until now.

Really thanks a lot in advance if anyone can give me some advice on what else to check.

Cheers, Kev.